Statue of a Man

Statue of a Man

Each morning in the temple, the pharaoh, or a priest playing the role of pharaoh, cared for the image of a god in order to protect it from the forces of chaos and assist the god’s daily rebirth. Temple Statue of Pawerem holds a shrine containing an image of the goddess Bastet, while Kneeling Statue of a Man holds a seated figure of Osiris, the god of the dead. Such statues (called naophoros, or “shrine-bearing”) link their owners to the daily temple ritual and associate them permanently with the divine cycle of death and rebirth.

This text refers to these objects: ' 70.88; 37.36E

• Medium: Stone
• Place Made: Egypt
• Dates: 664 B.C.E. or later
• Dynasty: XXVI Dynasty
• Period: Late Period
• Dimensions: 11 15/16 x 3 9/16 x 7 1/16 in. (30.4 x 9 x 18 cm)  (show scale)
• British Museum

 http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3791/Statue_of_a_Man#